LIBYA ISSUES FATWA ISSUED AGAINST NIKE FOR ‘PROMOTING POLYTHEISM:’
Libya’s top religious authority has declared a fatwa against Nike for promoting symbols associated “with polytheism”.
The Dar al-Ifta has issued a ruling that bans Muslims from buying, selling or wearing clothing bearing the sportswear brand.
It said that wearing clothing displaying the logo amounted to the worship of more than one god, because Nike is named after a Greek goddess.
The religious authority also accused Nike of supporting Israel, and called for a boycott of pro-Israel countries.
The fatwa is a religious opinion on a matter of Islamic law and was approved by Sadiq al-Gharyani, the grand mufti of Libya. The body has heavy influence but its orders are not legally enforceable.
Not the Bee’s Harris Rigby asks, “I wonder if the Libyan Grand Mufti knows about all the other things that are named after Greco-Roman gods!”
They'll have a problem with chemistry. Thorium, Mercury, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Helium all named for pagan gods.
— Kevin Snapp (@kevin_snapp) November 6, 2026
I’m pretty sure Nike’s dalliance with Dylan Mulvaney wouldn’t be Grand Mufti approved, either. Is there anybody left who Nike hasn’t alienated yet?
